Albuquerque theater companies are persevering through financial considerations and pandemic concerns to present D.I.Y. offerings and mainstream performing arts, including Hamilton, during the 2021-2022 season.
Krittika Ramanujan
Review: The Transcendental Painting Group at Albuquerque Museum
Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group: 1938-1945 at the Albuquerque Museum surveys the New Mexico group that dove deep into abstract painting to create pathways to spiritual enlightenment.
Trapdoor Projects Gallery Burns Twice in Ten Days
Trapdoor Projects, an art gallery near downtown Albuquerque, caught fire twice in under two weeks. Gallery owner Katie Doyle suspects arson. Albuquerque Fire Rescue is investigating.
Albuquerque’s KiMo Theatre to Reopen October 2021
KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque repaired exterior damage sustained during the George Floyd protests and changed the operation of its art gallery.
Santiago Perez: A View from the Fish Bowl
New Mexico artist Santiago Perez’s work is steeped in myth, folk tales, art history, anthropology, TV cartoons, and satire, aimed at the human condition.
May Stevens: Mystery, Politics and Seas of Words
May Stevens’s retrospective at SITE Santa Fe showcases a selection of her politically charged yet personal paintings and prints that display her ability to embody her conviction in a variety of styles and themes.
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism at the Albuquerque Museum includes a kaleidoscope of work from iconic Mexican artists.
Luis Jiménez: Motion and Emotion
Luis Jiménez: Motion and Emotion shows how the artist looked at the story of the American West through a Chicano perspective.
José Guadalupe Posada, Legendary Printmaker of Mexico
A look at iconic printmaker José Guadalupe Posada and Albuquerque Museum’s current exhibition of his work.
Comic Book Stores Survive the Apocalypse
Comic book stores, using their wits and their devoted customers, are pleasantly surprised to find themselves surviving the apocalypse.
Artists Brighten a Boarded up Albuquerque
Artists descended on downtown Albuquerque, a “ghost town” after the pandemic, for two weeks to paint the boarded-up windows…
Fish in Persian Gardens
Zahra Marwan’s exhibition at the Sanitary Tortilla Factory in Albuquerque pairs exquisite poetry with her illustrations, paintings on paper.
